India clinches its first-ever gold in badminton mixed-team event at 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) by defeating Malaysia

India’s mixed badminton team has created history by clinching its first-ever gold after defeating defending champions Malaysia 3-1 in the final event at 21st Commonwealth Games at Gold Cost, Australia on April 9, 2018 . Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal and ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018

Parupalli Kashyap clinches men’s singles title at Austrian Open International Challenge badminton tournament

Reigning Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap has won men’s singles title at the 2018 Austrian Open International Challenge badminton tournament. He defeated Malaysia’s June Wei Cheam in straight games late last night to clinch his first international title in over ..

Zhang Beiwen wins 4th edition of India Open Badminton tournament 2018

Zhang Beiwen, a professional badminton player from America, has won the 4th edition of India Open Badminton tournament 2018 in New Delhi on February 4, 2018. In the final, she defeated Olympics and World Championships Silver medalist PV Sindhu by ..

Tai Tzu-ying wins 2018 women’s singles Indonesia Masters badminton tournament

Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan has won the 2018 women’s singles Indonesia Masters badminton tournament by defeating Saina Nehwal in the final by 9-21, 13-21 in Jakarta. With this win, Tai Tzu has now defeated the former world No.1 nine ..

PV Sindhu wins silver at 2017 women’s singles Dubai World Badminton Superseries tournament

Olympic silver medalist P V Sindhu has won silver medal at the 2017 women’s singles Dubai World Badminton Super Series tournament. She suffered a heart-wrenching defeat against World No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan to finish as runner-up at the ..

Tai Tzu Ying wins women’s singles title at Hong Kong Super Series badminton tournament 2017

World no. 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei has won the women’s singles title at the Hong Kong Super Series badminton tournament by defeating P V Sindhu in the final at Kowloon on November 26, 2017. This was Tai’s ..